The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 15-Oct-54-Confolens.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #320 for September 1993, and in his 1997 book on the 1954 French wave, ufologist and author Jean Sider states that he learned from an article in the newspaper La Charente Libre, of Angoulème, for October 18, 1954, page 3, that on October 15, 1954, at 10:00 p.m. in Confolens in the Charente department, Mr. Reyrat, carpenter and former deputy mayor, "whose sincerity cannot be questioned," according to the newspaper, was out to close his workshop near the cemetery.
He then saw an object, 3.5 meters in diameter, of intense luminosity, placed on the ground. He overcame his fear and wanted to approach the craft, inside which he heard a noise of scrap metal, but at his approach, the flying saucer "disappeared very quickly, rising vertically."
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
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October 15, 10:00 p.m., Confolens, Charente
Mr. Reyrat, carpenter, former deputy mayor (and whose sincerity cannot be doubted, the newspaper says), saw a flying saucer near a dwelling. The witness was outside to close his workshop, near the cemetery, when he discovered the object. The latter, intensely luminous, and with a diameter of about 3.50 m, was posed on the ground.
Overcoming his fear. M. Reyrat wanted to approach. He heard, coming from inside the craft, a noise of scrap metal. At his approach, the saucer disappeared very quickly, rising vertically.
source: La Charente Libre, Angoulême, 10/18/54, p.3
[Ref. jsr2:] JEAN SIDER:
French ufologist and author Jean Sider learned in an article from the newspaper La Charente Libre, of Angouleme, for October 18, 1954, on page 3, that on October 15, 1954 at 10:00 p.m. in Confolens in the department of the Charente, Mr. Reyrat, carpenter and former assistant to the mayor, "whose sincerity cannot be questioned," was outside to close its workshop near the cemetery.
He then saw an object of 3 m 50 of diameter of an intense luminosity, posed on the ground. He overcame his fright and wanted to approach the machine, inside of which came a rattling metallic noise, but on his approach, the flying saucer disappeared very quickly, rising vertically.
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4153: 1954/10/15 22:00 1 0:40:00 E 46:01:00 N 3333 WEU FRN CHN 7:6
CONFOLENS,FR:3.5M SCR on GND:^^ VERTICALLY as CARPENTER NEARS:/LDLN#320
Ref#217 Jean SIDER: Le DOSSIER 1954 (2 vol.) Page No. 107 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Charente in Confolens on October 15, 1954 at 22:00 hours "the witness goes outside to close his workshop near the cemetery when he discovers an intensely luminous object of a diameter of 3m50 posed on the ground. The witness tries to approach the object, he hears coming from the interior a rattling noise. The object takes off and disappears quickly vertically."
The source is indicated as "Lumières dans la Nuit".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on October 15, 1954, at 22:00 in Confolens, France, "Nocturnal lights were reported in a town."
The sources are indicated as "Newspaper Clippings" and "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".
[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541015 | 15.10.1954 | Confolens | France | 22.00 |
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If one want at all cost a trivial explanation to this, then it would be a helicopter, but this is far from certain.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Confolens, Charente, carpenter, Reyrat, night, object, luminous, landing, takeoff, vertical, noise, metal
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | December 8, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 24, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 29, 2017 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | August 6, 2019 | Additions [lhh1], Summary. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | January 26, 2020 | Addition [jsr1]. In the Summary, change of "In his 1997 book" to "In the ufology magazine LDLN #320 for September 1993, and in his 1997 book". |
